FSM Sustainable Energy and Accompanying Measures (SEAM), Increasing the Participation of Women and CSOs in the Energy Sector

The Project aims to achieve the following main objectives:
1. Increase the participation of CSOs in the energy sector with CSOs jointly delivering energy sector developments with the government.
2. Increase access to renewable electricity for remote island communities, providing improved economic and sustainable opportunities.
3- Increase empowerment and capacity of women from remote island communities through training in solar engineering and livelihood skills, leading to increased participation and representation of women in community based actions and decision-making.
The empowerment and capacity building of women will be achieved through the trainings delivered by the College of Micronesia-FSM and Chuuk Public Utility Corporation CPUC), Specifically, COM-FSM and CPUC will train the local women and recommend the most appropriate standalone solar systems for the households.